To apply for the Fellowship/Training Award, you must have completed your training in ophthalmology and wish to work on a specific research project as part of your training to become a retinal specialist.
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To apply for the Research Award, you must have an MD and/or a PhD, and be affiliated with an institution that carries out research in ophthalmology, e.g. a medical school, university, hospital, treatment centre or laboratory. Additionally, at the time of application, it is strongly preferred that applicants have received their ophthalmic specialist qualification within the past 10 years or are currently in training towards receiving it; PhD applicants should have received their PhD qualification within the past 10 years when they apply.
If an applicant does not fulfill the eligibility criteria because they qualified as an ophthalmology specialist or received their PhD more than 10 years ago, their Letter of Intent (LOI) will still be evaluated by Grants Review and Awards Committee (GRAC) without consideration of this criterion. If their LOI application is successful, a Full Proposal submission will be requested. If this is the case, it is strongly advised that the application is made by a more junior or aspiring ophthalmologist that can pursue the research under the applicant’s supervision, thus meeting the program’s purpose. Only in cases of exceptionally impactful proposals, or if the applicant provides evidence for mitigating or extenuating circumstances, will the GRAC agree to override this eligibility criterion.
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